Kent​ ​State​ ​University​ ​students​ ​recently used University Library elevators to compete in the fifth annual LaunchNET Elevator Pitch event. ​The​ ​event,​ ​hosted​ ​by​ ​LaunchNET​ ​Kent​ ​State,​ ​gives students​ ​90 seconds to​ ​pitch​ ​a​ ​business​ ​idea​ or their personal skills ​to​ ​a​ ​panel of​ ​judges​ ​for​ ​the​ ​chance​ ​to​ ​win​ ​prize​ ​money.  This event​ ​​has​ ​always​ ​been​ ​held​ ​in​ ​the​ ​library, but this​ ​was the first time that LaunchNET has occupied the building, having moved its offices there from the Kent Student Center earlier this year. ​ ​ Zaria​ ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the official opening of the Seasoned Cafe on the Salem Campus. Representatives from Kent State and Aramark planned a full morning of activities that included free samples, goodie bags, games, music and raffles.  In his remarks to students and staff, Dean David Dees noted that the opening of the café was the result of a promise made – and kept – by Kent State President Beverly Warren to have food on the Salem Campus. “When President Warren was fist hired in 2014, she embarked on what was called a ‘Listening Tour,’ during which she visited all ...

Kent State University’s College of Business Administration has once again been named an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The college is one of 267 outstanding business schools to have its on-campus Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs profiled in The Princeton Review’s 2018 annual business school rankings. “We recommend the Kent State College of Business Administration as one of the best to earn an MBA,” said Robert Franek, editor-in-chief at The Princeton Review. “We chose the 267 on-campus MBA programs schools on this list based on our high regar...

Have you been a victim of fake news? Do you find yourself gravitating to the news sources that confirm your beliefs? How does fake news affect a free press and a democracy? How does it affect the work of policy-makers? Learn how to evaluate your news sources with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Doug Oplinger at: Fake News Community Discussion Hudson Library and Historical Society  7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 Register online or call 330-653-6658 After 46 years at the Akron Beacon Journal, Oplinger joined the Your Voice Ohio statewide media collaborative of print, r...

As part of a wide-ranging master plan, Kent State Ashtabula is transforming the entire campus, including additional updates to its most aged and highly-utilized building: Main Hall. A series of renovations and revitalizations, driven by Kent State’s Students First philosophy, will result in a comprehensive 21st century campus - modernizing classrooms and laboratories, improving safety and accessibility, and creating student-centric spaces where collaboration, and research can take place.  This fundraising effort is being kicked off in conjunction with Giving Tuesday, the global day ...